Call for Nominations: The Ruby Awards for Arts and Culture Sector in Australia

Deadline: 12-Sep-22

Nominations are now open for the Ruby Awards to honour outstanding work of South Australia’s arts and culture sector.

It is named after late arts patron, Dame Ruby Litchfield; the annual awards recognise artistic excellence, creative achievement, innovation, community involvement and inspirational leadership.

Categories

Outstanding Community Event Or Project: This award is for an outstanding artistic or cultural event or project that has had a significant positive impact on a community in South Australia.A community may be defined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, cultural background, religious belief, gender or disability, or it could be an online community.

• Outstanding Community Event or Project
  • This award is for an outstanding artistic or cultural event or project that has had a significant positive impact on a community in South Australia.A community may be defined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, cultural background, religious belief, gender or disability, or it could be an online community.

• Outstanding Regional Event or Project
  • This award is for an outstanding artistic or cultural event or project that has had a significant positive impact on a regional community in South Australia.
  • A community may be defined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, cultural background, religious belief, gender or disability, or it could be an online community.
• Outstanding Work, Event or Project For Young People
  • This award is for an outstanding arts or cultural work, event or project for young people presented or held in South Australia. Nominees must be able to demonstrate a positive impact on and/or outcomes for young people.
  • The nominated work can be a performance, show, production, film, visual arts exhibition, publication, project or initiative aimed specifically at people aged 30 years and under.
• Outstanding Work or Event within a Festival
  • This award is for an outstanding work or event presented or held as part of a festival program in South Australia.
  • Works and events can include performances, shows, productions, films, artworks, publications and visual arts exhibitions presented as part of a festival.
• Outstanding Work or Event outside A Festival
  • This award is for an outstanding work or event presented or held in South Australia, not as part of a festival program.
  • Works and events can include performances, shows, productions, films, artworks, publications and visual arts exhibitions presented not as part of a festival.
• Outstanding Collaboration
  • This award recognises activities that encourage strategic and innovative collaboration between independent artists and groups, funded arts and cultural organisations or with organisations outside the arts and cultural sector.
  • Nominations will be accepted for creative developments, projects, events, exhibitions, publications or performances that have been developed through a collaborative process that includes the sharing of resources and knowledge.
  • Both the partners involved, and the outcomes of the collaboration will be considered for the award.
• Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation Or Group Award
  • This award recognises a small-to-medium organisation or group that has made an outstanding contribution to arts and culture in South Australia.
  • Nominees must be small-to-medium arts or cultural organisations or groups, receiving no funding or less than $1 million in funding from Arts South Australia.
• Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award
  • Named in honour of South Australian theatre director Geoff Crowhurst, this award recognises the contribution of an individual or organisation to community arts and cultural development.
  • Nominees must be able to demonstrate credibility through involvement in arts and cultural projects that build stronger, more cohesive communities. This may be evidenced by creative collaborations between the arts and cultural sector and communities, working to achieve artistic and social outcomes.
  • A community is determined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, cultural background, religious belief, gender or disability, or it could be an online community.
• Frank Ford Memorial – Young Achiever Award      
  • This award recognises outstanding artistic or cultural achievement or contribution by an individual young South Australian. Nominees must be aged 30 years or under as of 30 July 2022
• Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award
  • This award recognises outstanding artistic or cultural achievement or contribution by a South Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-focused organisation or group, or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identified individual.
• Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • This award recognises an extraordinary South Australian who, through a lifetime of outstanding service, has made an indelible contribution to arts and culture.
  • Nominees must be able to demonstrate credibility through a lifetime’s body of work, creative originality, professionalism or leadership.

Eligibility Criteria

• Outstanding Community Event or Project
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
  • Judges will consider
    • The artistic merit of the event/activity, its originality and quality
    • How the work/event/activity has contributed to the development of its art form/event type/ activity
    • How the nominee has contributed to South Australia through arts and culture.
• Outstanding Regional Event or Project
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Judges will consider:
  • The artistic merit of the event/activity, its originality and quality
  • How the work/event/activity has contributed to the development of its art form/event type/ activity
  • How the nominee has contributed to South Australia through arts and culture.
• Outstanding Work, Event or Project for Young People
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Judges will consider:
  • The artistic merit of the event/activity, its originality, quality and impact
  • How the work/event/activity has contributed to the development of its art form/event type/ activity
  • How the nominee has contributed to South Australia through arts and culture.
• Outstanding Work or Event Within A Festival
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Judges will consider:
  • The artistic merit of the event/activity, its originality and quality
  • How the work/event/activity has contributed to the development of its art form/event type/ activity
  • How the nominee has contributed to South Australia through arts and culture.
• Outstanding Work or Event Outside A Festival
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Judges will consider:
  • The artistic merit of the event/activity, its originality and quality
  • How the work/event/activity has contributed to the development of its art form/event type/ activity
  • How the nominee has contributed to South Australia through arts and culture.
• Outstanding Collaboration
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Professional artists and organisations
• Judges will consider:
  • The artistic merit of the work/project/event/activity, its originality, quality and impact
  • How the work/project/event/activity has contributed to the development of its art form
  • What the input of the partners/collaborators has been.
  • How the input of the collaborator/partners has enhanced the outcome
• Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation Or Group Award
  • The award is open to:
    • Amateur companies
    • Small-to-medium funded and unfunded arts or cultural organisations
    • Community organisations
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Volunteer organisations or groups
• Judges will consider:
  • How the nominee has demonstrated artistic merit, originality, quality, impact or leadership in their field
  • How the nominee has achieved peer recognition in their field.
• Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and culture sector workers
    • Community workers
    • Local and State Government workers
    • Not-for-profit sector workers
    • Private enterprise workers
    • Professional artists
    • Volunteers
• Judges will consider:
  • How the nominee has demonstrated artistic merit, originality, quality, impact or leadership in their field
  • How the nominee has achieved peer recognition in their field.
• Frank Ford Memorial – Young Achiever Award
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and cultural sector workers
    • Community workers
    • Individual artists (professional and emerging)
    • Local and State Government workers
    • Not-for-profit sector workers
    • Private enterprise workers
    • Volunteers
• Judges will consider:
  • How the nominee has demonstrated artistic merit, originality, quality, impact or leadership in their field
  • How the nominee has achieved peer recognition in their field.
• Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and cultural sector
    • Community organisations
    • Individual artists (professional and emerging)
    • Local and State Government
    • Not-for-profit sector
    • Private enterprise
    • Volunteer sector
• Judges will consider:
  • How the nominee has demonstrated artistic merit, originality, quality, impact or leadership in their field
  • How the nominee has achieved peer recognition in their field.
• Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • The award is open to:
    • Arts and cultural sector workers
    • Community workers
    • Local and State Government workers
    • Not-for-profit sector workers
    • Private enterprise workers
    • Professional artists
    • Volunteers
• Judges will consider:
  • How the nominee has demonstrated artistic merit, originality, quality, impact or leadership in their field
  • How the nominee has achieved peer recognition in their field.

Criteria

• Nominated works and events must have been held or presented in South Australia between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022.
• Nominees must reside or be based in South Australia or have been a resident or based in South Australia during a period of major professional achievement or development.
• If you have previously won an individual category award you cannot nominate again for the same category.
• By entering the Ruby Awards, you are giving Arts South Australia the right to use your application material for awards-related promotional purposes including display and publicity.
• All nominees are required to be available for a range of promotional activities including media interviews, photo and filming opportunities and attendance at the presentation event.
• The Ruby Awards judges reserve the right to move a nomination into another category if deemed more appropriate.
• The judges’ decisions are final and no further discussion will be entered into.
• Arts South Australia will not provide feedback to unsuccessful nominations

For more information, visit https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/grants/ruby-awards